MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 04:10
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 540 61% 480 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 124 Parallax 135 106% 130 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 124 Splatting 99.5 103% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 394 Mixed 284 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 45.8 167% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 171 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 230GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 307 295 293 294 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 455 Mixed 260 SusWrite 301 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 42.9 153% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 210 184% 275 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 101GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 105 83 83 84 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 101 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 106 103 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 105 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 103%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,137

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16